Written by

Ed Condran
| For the Asbury Park Press

Trans Siberian Orchestra doesn't put out an album every year, but it never stops preparing for its annual Christmas tour.

"It's challenging to come up with a new production each year, but that's part of the fun," the orchestra's CEO Paul O'Neill said while calling from New York. "It's a new show this year, with new plots and plenty of pyro and new special effects. Each year we come up with something different that is cutting edge."